An electrical power plant manages to send 90% of the heat produced in the burning of fossil fuel into the water-to-steam conversion. Of the heat carried by the steam, 40% is converted to the mechanical energy of the spinning turbine. Which of the following choices best describes the overall efficiency of the heat-to-work conversion in the plant (as a percentage)?
a. greater than 90%
b. 65%
c. less than 40%
d. 40%
e. 90%
c
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